CPU Pickoffs
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Did they juice these lately? Every single time I take a secondary, even just one step- they throw over, and regardless of me holding the left stick over for the dive back into the base, the runner just freezes and stands there.
This wasn’t happening until a few weeks ago.
For clarity, I don’t even attempt a secondary unless the runner is 85/85 spd + stl or higher- so I could at least understand if it was runners who have no business taking bigger leads.
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I haven't noticed it. I won a Conquest game getting the last out on a pickoff 2 days ago. First time ever.
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@Sarge1387_PSN I never understood why pickoffs aren't tied to player stats. Guys like Pettitte and Buehrle were elite at it, but almost every CPU pitcher has the same move, and I really wish that were different. Reading moves from the best pickoff artists should be tough, but average or bad pitchers should have a penalty, like a higher balk risk or a much slower, readable animation.
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@Jacob151167_XBL they have quirks on some pitchers I believe for this specific thing
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I've definitely noticed an uptick recently.
I just it down to using different cards.
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but if you make it to 3B and take a 3 step lead, they will balk you home like 95% of the time vs pick you off
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@NotesOfJohn_PSN It's not even the pickoff move that I'm confused by...the AI has always thrown over at least once the second you take a secondary. It's the runners now suddenly freezing when they do.
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I'll never figure out why CPU catchers suck so bad at making throws, but the outfielders have a high frequency of perfect throws when the latter is far tougher to pull off than the former.
They also cheat with slide steps but it rarely matters.
I think my All Star Aaron Judge had like 30 steals before he hit P5 because I was grinding vs conquest teams and anyone can steal on them.
